'69 L-89 Convertible Camaro

**COPO** · #1 08-06-2002, 07:17 PM

Am curious of board members opinions of the engine stampings shown for the '69 L-89 Camaro Convertible that is for sale. http://www.shutterfly.com/os.jsp?i=67b0de21b30795cd0528

**Stefano** · #2 08-07-2002, 06:08 AM

COPO,
The pad date looks like T0708 JJ and the casting date lookes like G ?? 8? Can you tell what it reads?

**COPO** · #3 08-07-2002, 12:43 PM

Given that "Supercars" has the only documented L-89 Conv. that I am aware of, I was curious if this one was the real McCoy. I thought the broach marks looked pretty good on the block pad. Curious what others thought.

**TimG** · #4 08-08-2002, 01:48 PM

Broach marke look good, on a car like this it would be much better to see the block with no heads and view the broach marks extending the length of the block. You are not able to see much of the build date, my tracings show the 8 with the bottom a bit larger or if insetred in reverse, the top a bit larger.

fred · #5 08-08-2002, 09:48 PM

CHECK THE ADD ON CAMAROS.NET. IT READS BUILD DATE 9-D, BLOCK CASTING 3935440 DATE G 2 8 PAD STAMP VIN 19N512513 708JJ FRED

**COPO** · #6 08-09-2002, 01:37 AM

Fred, I'm not sure what you are saying. The block cast is July 2, 1968 and the assembly date of the engine is July 8, 1968 and the car's assembly is 4th week of Sept. '68 everything looks OK to me.

JChlupsa · #7 08-09-2002, 01:44 AM

Same car just some more info is what I think Fred was getting to
http://camaros.net/cgi-bin/cyber/cla...hoto_size=full

**Stefano** · #8 08-09-2002, 05:13 AM

I am with TimG on this as the pics of the Broach marks look good to me(too good, no flaws or mistakes and the stikes were dead on).I would need to see their extention and consistency beyond the pad.

If this is the real deal, it is one hell of a rare ragtop.

Does anyone have the casting dates of the heads?

**Kurt S** · #9 08-09-2002, 08:12 AM

Lots of good pics. Neat car.
The broach marks look OK to me. Better than the L89 pacer I looked at today. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img] They were too fresh.
Don't see anything that throws up a flag, but I can't read that axle code.
I know of 5 other L89 ragtops. The 2 original pacers, another pacer with POP, one out in CA, and Kevin's. All 69's. Just don't see many 68 L89 cars.

**Stefano** · #10 08-09-2002, 04:04 PM

Does any one know the history or has anyone seen this L89 in person?

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